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Volume 29, Number 7 features 24 34 COVER STORY Fix Me Serving up condition-based maintenance COMPRESSORS They Don’t Make ’em Like that Anymore POWER TRANSMISSION Centrifugal compressor designs have improved greatly in the past 30 years 38 Embrace the Shutdown FLOORING There’s no better opportunity to improve the reliability of hydraulic systems 44 Quality at Your Feet A step-by-step approach identifies floor problems, causes and effective solutions specialists 19 ASSET MANAGER Knowledge from a Distance 49 WEb huNTER Cyborgian Choices Always on duty, RFID smart tags can minimize your data-entry drudgery Using a decision support system to take a load off of your overworked mind 23 58 ENERGY ExPERT TEChNOLOGY TOOLbOx Diaphragm Seal Solutions A New Day Dawning The good news in rising energy costs PlantServices.com SKILLTV VIDEO: COUNCIL ON COMPETITIVENESS PlantServices.com SENATE WORKFORCE BRIEFING Watch Maintenance Evangelist and Plant Services contributing editor Joel Leonard take the case for investment in maintenance training to our elected leaders in Washington, D.C. This five-part video series will give you a glimpse into Leonard’s fight against the maintenance crisis at www.SkillTV.net. Smart ways to keep pressure at bay columns and departments 7 FROM ThE EDITOR Motor Service 17 CRISIS CORNER You have to appreciate expertise where you find it Washington Gets an ‘Aha’ Moment IN ThE TRENChES Reliability expert and Plant Services blogger Daryl Mather’s new book, “Lean Strategies for Effective Reliability: Asset Resource Planning,” takes a different view of MTBF and looks at how companies are using this metric to implement modern maintenance techniques and objectives. Read Mather’s article on MTBF at www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/115.html, and scan all of the articles he has contributed to Plant Services at www.plantservices.com/articles/2007/130.html. WEB-ONLY ARTICLE: USE OF MTBF 9 LETTERS No Such Thing as Free Money • Big Government Costs Us • Fueling True Economic Stimulus ThE PS FILES Our elected leaders learn the value of maintenance 52 How Qualified Do You Need to Be? Acme learns the value of having two good hands PRODuCT PICKS CLASSIFIEDS 11 Addicts and Accidents Workplace safety comes down to personal responsibility 56 57 PODCAST: ECONOMIC STIMULUS COULD COME FROM INVESTING IN U.S. INFRASTRUCTURE A World Bank commission says that countries with growing economies invest in their infrastructure. Commentator Robert Reich says that’s what the United States ought to do. Listen to this podcast and decide for yourself at www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/099.html. 13 uP AND RuNNING Future Pondered at RSTechED • Flood-Damaged Electrical Equipment 5 July 2008 www.PLANTSERVICES.com http://PlantServices.com http://www.SkillTV.net http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/115.html http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2007/130.html http://www.plantservices.com/articles/2008/099.html http://www.PLANTSERVICES.com

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Plant Services - July 2008

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